Healthy Families BC
Sat, 10/01/2011 - 12:00 | 
Lvoers 
This summer was a bit of a roller coaster ride. The combination of work, travel, unexpected events, along with expected events, cumulated into a summer of me never being home long enough to think straight. I was contacted by Healthy Families BC months ago in regards to help raise awareness to healthy living. As you can see, I didn’t get around to this until now.
In May, the provincial government introduced to us the Healthy Families BC strategy. A piece of this health promotion campaign is their Healthy Families BC website which is a one-stop site of tips for healthier living. I’m not a twitter-er or a Facebooker, but if you’re a social media butterfly, you can follow their tweets here and their check out their Facebook wall here.
I’m not going lie, I had to ponder my involvement in this for a bit. Not that I don’t want to raise awareness to a beneficial resource, but I’ve been known to wax poetic about foods like...bacon.
I know some of you are rolling your eyeballs at me now...
Some of you are screaming into your computer screen, “What? But you ate mini-donuts in the form of deep fried waffle sticks for breakfast! Breakfast!!”
Yes, my last post was about ice cream. Yes, I am mesmerized by salt cured pork. Yes, I only eat salad when I feel obliged. These are all true, but I'm hella active. Healthy Families’ simple message of maintaining our bodies well, through good fuel and exercise, is a message that I don't mind spreading.
Healthy Families BC is also providing a Mountain Equipment Co-op gift card of $250, to be given away to one Love of Eating reader.
I don’t normally run contests on my blog. So, if you’re interested please enter, because this may be the only contest I do.
I will also create a page on Love of Eating’s menu column so you can have a quick link to the full contest details.
I'll try to keep it simple, but here are some details to get you started:
1. You must be a registered user of Love of Eating. This means you need to click on "Create an Account" and follow the directions.
*Tip: Please use an email address that you actually check on a regular basis, as this is how I will be contacting the winner.
2. Email your cherished recipe to moi at: webmaster@lvoe.ca with "Contest" in the subject area.
The recipes do not have to be complex. I mean seriously, I posted a recipe not long ago with three ingredients!
*If I have the equipment, I will attempt to make some of the entries and publish my cooking results and your recipe on Love of Eating. So please send in a recipe that you have at least tried out yourself, because I may have to conference with you on whether or not I mess it up.
3. One entry per registered Love of Eating user.
4. Since Healthy Families BC is aimed at promoting healthy lifestyles for fellow BCers, I choose to open this contest to Love of Eating users that reside in BC only. Apologies to those folks that fall outside of our provincial boundaries.
5. Love of Eating will accept entries beginning 12:00 noon October 1, 2011 and ending at midnight Pacific Standard Time November 16 2011. The winner will be announced on Love of Eating at 12:00 noon on November 19, 2011 via computer generated random draw.
Check the Contest page, in the menu column, for updates and further details.
Good luck.
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